The SOL bivy: a roof you can actually carry
Weight and packed size beat color. This is the leave-now layer, not the couch blanket.
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Shelter
S.O.L.
S.O.L. Survive Outdoors Longer Emergency Bivvy
See it on AmazonUnder 4 oz heat-reflective bivy with whistle. Go-bag roof — not a stay-put blanket.
Shelter
Gorilla
Gorilla Waterproof Patch & Seal Tape
See it on AmazonShelter-in-place and leak tape. Ready.gov still wants plastic sheeting and scissors next to it.
If you have to sleep in a car or on a berm, a heat-reflective bivy is the difference between miserable and hypothermic. It is not a stay-put quilt.
S.O.L.
S.O.L. Survive Outdoors Longer Emergency Bivvy
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Orange is for being found. Green is for blending. Pick on purpose.
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Fox 40
Fox 40 Classic Pealess Whistle
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The bivy includes a whistle. A Fox 40 on the zipper is the spare.
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